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Letters Patent o. 97,902, dated December 14, 1869.

PIRE-PLAGE.

.The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same I', EDWIN H. Glens, of New York city, have invented an improved Fire-Place Heater and Range and do hereby describe the same.

Nature and Olgects of the Incentonf to be used with an open fire-place.

General Description.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a. vert-ical section of the apparatus com# Figure 2 is a rear view of the saine, with` the rear plate removed.

Figure 3 represents ahorizontal section at x x, figs. -1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Views. i

A A represent a basket-grate, the vertical and v horizontal bars of which may be made hollow, as shown iu figs. 1 and` 3. l i

lheback B B is hollow, forming an air-chamber extending the entire width ofthe grate, and from the bottom thereof up to the crown', v

This air-chamber communicates-with the losverends of the vertical bars A through apertures, a. a, and with the horizontal bar A through apertures, a' a', and has also an opening, 1 1,- at bottom, to admit cold air to be heated, and one or more pipes, G C, at top, to conduct the heated air to 'other apartments, or dis charge it into the same apartmentin which the grate is situated, if required.

D is a water-reservoir, either the upper or the lower pipe d or d2 of which may be in permanent communication with a water-supply, and the hot-water may be drawn out by a faucetjin the reservoir itself', or at the lower end ofthe coil d1, which passesaround in close proximity or contact 4with the lire-back B Within the hot-airfchan'iber. The reservoir may rest on the mantel, or wherever convenient.

Resting ou the toplier A', of the grate is an oven,

E, the back portion 0f' which extends within the cavity of the dre-back', as shown in iig. 1, andby dotted line in fig. 3, but leaving suflicieut space at the back and sides for the passage of the products of combustion to the chimney. l

The oven thus placed, will greatly improve the draught of the fireplace, and will utilize the heat thereof in a very advantageous `manner for a variety of cooking purposes, either baking, boiling, broiling, cr frying; holes for pots, pans,'kettles, or griddles, if desired, being formed in the'bottom of the oven, 'as in the top of' a stove.

The door E' of the oven exposes the entire front thereof 'when opened or removed, andwhether the door be open or closed, all the smoke and fumes 'from the cooking will be carried up the chimney through an aperture, e'. For baking, this aperture may `be covered by a slide.

By extending the hot-air chamber in the fire`-back around the sides, bottom, andtop, as shown in gs.f2

4and 3, theentire surface of .the hack isv utilized for heating, and also protect-ed from injury.

I am enabled to conveniently form 'said chamber thus, by casting the back of iron. Superior radiation results from the use of iron, while the cost of the back is lessened thereby.

Claims The followingis claimed as new-f 1. The fire-back B B', made of iron, and having a hot-air chamber therein extending on the sides of, over, and beneath the grate, as represented and described, for thepurposes set forth.

2. The combination of the hollow grate A A and hollow fire -hack B B', as constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the .water-coil d1, and hollow' fire-back B B', as and for the purposes specified.

4:. The oven E, constructed as represented and described, so as to 'rest on the basket-grate B, as set forth.

5. The aperture e, for conducting fumes and smoke from the interior of the oven to the chimney.

EDWlN Ht GIBBS.

Witnesses ALVIN Buer, ADoLPHUs KALIscHuR. 

